Biography
Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi Lasa (22 March 1927 – 28 September 2017) was a Spanish film director and producer.
Isasi-Isasmendi began working in the production firm Emisora Films as an assistant manager, film editor, scriptwriter, lead producer, and finally director. In 1955 he founded his own production company, Producciones Isasi in Barcelona. He founded a second firm, Moon Films, in Madrid.
In the mid-1960s he directed a series of action films designed for the wider European market including Scaramouche (The Adventures of Scaramouche) in 1963 and Estambul 65 (That Man in Istanbul) in 1965. He made some English-language films, most notably They Came to Rob Las Vegas. He abandoned directing for a decade after making El Perro (The Dog) in 1977 in favour of producing and distributing films before returning to the director's chair with El Aire de un Crimen (The Hint of a Crime) in 1987.He directed 13 feature films, wrote eleven and produced eight.In 1981, he was a member of the jury at the 31st Berlin International Film Festival.
Filmography
all 32
Movies 32
Director 16
Writer 4
self 1
Producer 1
El bueno, la bomba y el malo (2000)
Scent of a Crime (1988)
A Dog Called... Vengeance (1977)
Rafael en Raphael (1975)
Summertime Killer (1972)
Assignment Terror (1970)
El abogado, el alcalde y el notario (1969)
En Baldiri de la costa (1968)
They Came to Rob Las Vegas (1968)
After the Great Train Robbery (1967)
That Man in Istanbul (1965)
Escuadrilla de vuelo (1963)
The Adventures of Scaramouche (1963)
Vamos a contar mentiras (1962)
Tierra de todos (1962)
La mentira tiene cabellos rojos (1962)
Sentencia contra una mujer (1960)
Diego Corrientes (1959)
Rapsodia de sangre (1957)
La huida (1956)
Lo que nunca muere (1955)
Eleven Pairs of Boots (1954)
Relato policíaco (1954)
Juzgado permanente (1953)
Doubt (1951)
Post Office Box 1001 (1950)
My Beloved Juan (1950)
En un rincón de España (1949)
Pacto de silencio (1949)
Canción mortal (1948)
El ángel gris (1947)
Último día
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GenderMale
Birthday1927-03-22
Deathday2017-09-27 (90 years old)
Birth PlaceMadrid, Spain
ChildrenMaría Isasi
CitizenshipsSpain
Also Known AsAntonio Isasi Isasmendi Lasa
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